Ranji Trophy Cricket in Mysuru

Mysuru: Hosts Karnataka were 118/2 at lunch on the second day today of the 4-day elite (2026-27) Ranji Trophy cricket match against Tripura being played at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar (SDNRW) Stadium (Gangothri Glades) in Manasagangothri campus.

Karnataka, resuming at the overnight score of 10/1 in reply to Tripura’s first innings total of 194, lost Vijaykumar Vyshak, who was sent in as night-watchman after the fall of Mayank Agarwal’s wicket last evening, early after he was out for 12 (53 balls) with the score at 36.

However, young lad K.V. Aneesh joined left-handed opener Rohan Patil and the two have  put on an unbeaten stand of 82 runs for the third wicket, when the players went for lunch at noon.

On the first day yesterday, the visiting side was bowled out for 194, with left-arm spinner Shikhar Shetty taking 5 wickets and pacer L. Manvanth Kumar bagging three scalps. For Tripura, opener Bikramkumar Das was the top scorer with 51.

Mysuru is hosting the Ranji Trophy match after a gap of 33 months. The last time a Ranji Trophy match was played at SDNRW Stadium was in January 2024, when Karnataka played against Goa (Jan. 20 to 23, 2024).